"Shave & Release": Bald Man Demanded Discount from Barber, Shot Up the Shop, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 April 2024)

    "Half the work, half the price!"

In Istanbul's Beyoğlu district on 5 April, Mustafa D. went to a barber 

shop to get a haircut and a shave.  Upon completion, Mustafa D. asked

barber Hikmet Zengin how much he owed him.  When Zengin replied

"150 TL" (about $4.60) Mustafa D. objected and asked for a discount.

Zengin complied and lowered the charge to 120 TL.  Still unsatisfied,

Mustafa D. gave Zengin 100 TL. (!)

A vociferous argument ensued and Mustafa D. left the shop in a huff.

However (!), a while later Mustafa D. returned with a gun and rained

down bullets on the barbershop.  No one was killed or injured though.

Mustafa D. was arrested and jailed. 

Seniors get discounts, why not baldies!?

"Neck & Release": Teenagers Necking on Park Bench Spark Local Resident's Ire, in Konya

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 April 2024)

A.A. protested, saying "there was no 'no necking' sign!!

In Konya's Selçuklu district at about two-thirty in the afternoon on 4 

April, high school student A.A. (17) and his girlfriend A.G. (17) were

sitting on a park bench when Ahmet Aydın (61) approached them and

shouted "you've soiled this neighborhood's honor!".  Aydın then 

attacked A.A. with a hedge-clipper, wounding him in his chest. A.A.

stayed in a hospital's intensive care unit for two days before being

released. 

A.A.'s family filed a complaint with police and Aydın was taken into

custody.  In his statement Aydın "explained" that "they were behaving 

inappropriately so I warned them and the boy cursed at me.  I don't

know how he was wounded (!).  I don't even know the fellow.  I only

acted to warn them."  Nevertheless, Aydın was jailed. 

As for A.A., he said that "a stranger came from behind and said 'you've

soiled this neighborhood's honor!".  He cursed at us and attacked me

two or three times with a hedge-clipper.  My psychology is in tatters."

Adding insult to injury, after the incident A.A. and A.G. broke up. (!)

Subsequently, city officials posted "Neck at Your Own Risk" 

signs in parks.

"Stab & Flee": Kazakh Woman Kills Hospitable Host in Istanbul and Absconds to Moscow

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 April 2024) 

another absconding click here for the story of a woman who

spirited her son out of Turkey to America after he killed a 

young man in a vehicle collision.  They're not expected back

anytime soon...

                       No good deed goes unpunished.

Kazakhstan citizen Nurali Tamarov purchased goods to sell abroad from

İrfan Kapsızlar (56), who works in the leather and furs sector.  When she

found herself without a place to stay in Istanbul Kapsızlar took her in as

a guest in his home in the Küçükçekmece district of the city.  Although 

he is the father of three children, Kapsızlar was living alone.

Tamarov, who stayed in Kapsızlar's flat for about 10 days, came to his flat 

on the night of 16 April and attacked him with a knife, leaving him in a 

pool of blood.  She then packed her suitcase, went to the airport and flew

to Moscow, from where she phoned a friend in Istanbul and confessed to

killing Kapsızlar. 

Tamarov's friend informed Kapsızlar's relatives of the situation and the

police entered the flat with the aid of a locksmith, finding Kapsızlar's 

body.  A friend of his family, Erdinç Gündoğdu said that "he was killed

in a monstrous way, with stab wounds in his chest and arms.  His face

was unrecognizable.  We want the killer brought back to Turkey to face

justice."

Police say Tamarov looks sort of like this woman, wearing

Kapsızlar-brand furs.

"Spray & Release": Turkey's Perfume (!) Black Market Still Flourishing With Brand Name Knock-offs

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 22 April 2024)

turks' perfume obsession click here for previous TNT reporting

on this fascinating subject.

            The best-smelling police officer on the force. 

Within the scope of an investigation launched by the Gaziosmanpaşa,

Istanbul, public prosecutor, a raid was made on a warehouse where

thousands of bottles of fake perfume (!) in luxury-brand bottles were

seized and two suspects were taken into custody. 

In the raid 64,000 bottles of fake perfume, worth 30 million TL 

(about $925,000), along with 104,250 brand labels and 39,370

empty bottles were seized.  The fake perfume was sold both abroad

and in Turkey.  Police processing of the two suspects involved is

continuing. 

Know your perfume! Hard to imagine Turks need so much

perfume, real or fake, but in any event...

"Click & Release": Deviant, Albeit Wheelchair-bound, Plants Secret Camera in Women's Bathroom, in Bandırma

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 22 April 2024)

Handicapped?! Who's handicapped??!!

Workers cleaning the women's bathroom at the Bandırma Training and 

Research Hospital in Balıkesir province found a bag containing a secret

camera.  Police were called and after reviewing security camera footage

they saw that  wheelchair-bound (!) Tarık Özkan (40) had entered the 

women's bathroom. 

A search of Özkan's home yielded images from the secret camera on his

computer.  Özkan confessed and told police he's been taking such pictures

for 3-4 years (!).  At one time he was caught taking pictures of women on

the mass transit system and in other public places. After processing Özkan

was jailed.  

Is no place sacred!?

 

"Ink & (No) Release": Police "Go Ballistic" and Nab 6 Tattoo'ed Muggers, in Diyarbakır

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 April 2024)

 As you may/may not have wanted, your tattoos got noticed.

Diyarbakır police investigated muggings in the Bağlar, Kayapınar, Sur

and Yenişehir neighborhoods of the city and had the victims view 

images from KGYS (City Security Assurance System) cameras.  One

of the perpetrators had a tattoo of a skull on his arm and this led police

to scan photo archives of arrestees with tattoos. 

As a result, the addresses of criminals H.O., A.A., A.G., R.Ç., Ş.O. and

M.Y., all of whom have skull tattoos on their arms, were isolated and the

police launched a coordinated raid - "Operation Balistik" (!) - on all the 

addresses.  The six suspects were taken into custody, charged in the 

muggings and jailed. 

"Fake & Release": Teacher Poses as Gendarmerie Soldier and Checks ID's, in Karadeniz Ereğli

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(Gazete duvaR  website, 19 April 2024)

       Her real reason: "Guys love a woman in uniform". 

In Zonguldak province's Ereğli district a woman named M.K. (24),

dressed in the uniform of a Gendarmerie soldier (!), entered a business 

area on Müftü Mahallesi Meydanbaşı Avenue and began checking

the ID's of shop owners. M.K. then proceeded to Uzunkum Avenue

and began checking the ID's of young people at cafés there, saying

she was conducting a  "GBT" (genel bilgi toplama/general ID check). 

However (!), someone became suspicious of M.K.'s behavior and 

called the police, who came and demanded to see M.K.'s military ID.

When she couldn't produce the ID police interrogated her and found

out that she is, in fact, a part-time teacher. (!)

M.K. was taken into custody after which she "explained" to police that

"I always wanted to be a soldier so that's why I did this. But now I 

regret having done it."  After processing at the police station, M.K.

was released.